Taiwan Taipei Mission

Monday, March 28, 2016

Weirdest Day of the Mission

SHOUT OUT TO LEXUS! Congrats on getting engaged! I am so excited for you!!!!

What another great week it has been in the field. I don't know how I
am going to be able to express everything that occurred this week.

For Sunday, You'll have to wait until I return home to hear all
about this day. It's fuuny, leaving our house Sunday morning, Sister
Wong prayed we would be able to see miracles today and, literally
Sunday, was the craziest most weirdest day of my entire mission. I think
it beats the day where the baptismal font collapsed in YuLi, Typhoons,
etc...everything :)

But, what I will write about Sunday, we saw a lot of success at
church today! We had Zhou Ming Yu and her two boys come again. This
woman and her boys will for sure be baptized in the next few months.
Zhou JM wants it more than anything. The only time though that she has
to meet is on Sunday so we can't teach her the lessons very fast. Jian
DiXiong and Yan JieMei also came to church for the first time with their
1 year old son. And May also came!!

Sunday evening, a woman, Li JieMei, who moved from my previous
area, Tao4, about the same time I did to SanChong dedicated her home
last night. She came up to me in church and invited us to go and she
said a lot of Tao4 members were going to be there. So when we went, I
walked in and everyone freaked out! It was so so funny! It was super
exciting! I am so grateful I was able to see a lot of the members in
whom I loved so much one last time because I never really had an
opportunity to say goodbye to any of them as it was a surprise to me
when I got the call to transfer and train. It was a great dedication.

Sunday night, we visited Li Xun and one of her daughters, Kim. Rui
Cong came with us. It was a great small FHE. Kim is really starting to
open up!!!

Saturday was the first day of no rain for about the last 2 weeks!
It was literally a miracle from above!!! We met with a new investigator
who came to English class for the first time this last week. She
brought her 14 year old son!! The son has been to a Christian church
before but she has never been. We shared with them about the Plan of
Salvation and eternal families. I think it really hit home for them.
They were willing to set some baptismal dates. Church will be a bit
faith tester for them since it is so early in the morning and Sunday is
their only day they can sleep in though :) Saturday night, we had a
little Easter activity at the church with the LuZhou Ward. LuZhou ward
actually hosted it but invited us missionaries and our investigators. It
was fun to dye eggs, have a little Easter egg hunt for a chapel tour,
and some American pancakes for a little dinner :)

Friday: Part of Friday has to do with the Sunday story, which will just have to wait because it is so long.

Friday, we had a cool finding experience. It was raining, and we
were walking on this road. I decided to turn down this lane and when we
turned down, there was no one down it. I thought, why did we decide to
turn down here, then, just as I was about to turn back, this man comes
up and says are you Christian? Yep, we started talking and he became a
great potential investigator. He is Christian as well, hasn't been to
church for a while. The Lord really leads us to the people who we need
to come in contact with!!

Thursday we had trainer-trainee follow-up meeting in Taipei.

Wednesday: Had a really neat experience with our investigator Liu
Zu Mei. She is the one in the wheelchair. She has been pretty sick and
we taught her about the priesthood and the power the priesthood has. We
asked her if she wanted to have a priesthood blessing. Well, we set it
up on Wednesday afternoon. Due to some meetings in Taipei, a set of
LuZhou elders ended up coming and doing it for her. But, I know it was
Elder Anderton and Simonson who needed to come and do this blessing. We
had a really good short, powerful lesson on faith and how according to
our faith, God will answer our prayers. This woman is a woman who says
she doesn't have any faith. haha So it was a really powerful experience.
We gave her the blessing and the Spirit was so strong. Her home was
literally filled. It was the greatest feeling ever. Words cannot
describe this experience. No, her sickness wasn't immediately taken from
her and she is still dealing with it, but I know this blessing gave her
the strength to continue forward and endure through her life's
challenges.

When I first met Liu Zu Mei, I thought she was the cutest, most
innocent lady. Well, as we have began teaching her, her little 'other'
side has come out. haha She is so funny, sarcastic, but also has some
really strong opinions. I can't wait for you all to have the chance to
meet her.

Tuesday, we had President interviews. Those are always so good

Monday: For p-day, Sister Wong and I went to this Frozen exhibit. So neat. Frozen is still HUGE here!

Yesterday was so special being able to celebrate Easter. Christ's
Resurrection. I came across these scriptures this morning in my personal
study and I thought they were so applicable to today. 2 Nephi 25:12-13:

12 But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of wars;and when the
day cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father, yea, even the Father of
heaven and of earth, shall manifest himself unto them in the flesh,
behold, they will reject him, because of their iniquities, and the
hardness of their hearts, and the stiffness of their necks.
13 Behold, they will crucify him; and after he is laid in a sepulcher
for the space of three days he shall rise from the dead, with healing in
his wings; and all those who shall believe on his name shall be saved in the kingdom of God.Wherefore, my soul delighteth to prophesy concerning him, for I have seen his day, and my heart doth magnify his holy name.

Nephi has just finished recording Isaiah's prophesies and bears his
strong testimony about the Savior. I love how Nephi explains his soul
delighted in the fact he was able to prophesy about the coming, death,
and resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for this
opportunity I have been given that I can wear Christ's name on my chest.
The time continues to fly by. I am so grateful for this opportunity I
have to represent Him. Like Nephi, my soul truly delights in this work
of salvation. The Lord is truly on the MOVE and He needs us as his
servants to work our hardest to bring all who will listen unto Him!